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The Legend of Bagger Vance (1999)
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Reviews Counted: 126
Fresh: 53
Rotten:73
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Consensus: Despite the talent involved in The Legend of Bagger Vance, performances are hindered by an inadequate screenplay full of flat characters and bad dialogue. Also, not much happens, and some critics are offended by how the film glosses over issues of racism.
Theatrical Release: Nov 3, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $30,366,277
Synopsis: THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE, based on the book of the same title by Steve Pressfield, uses golf as the basis for this spiritual tale of friendship, self-discovery, and faith. His incredible prowess at the game of golf makes young Rannulph... [More]
Starring: Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Dermot Crowley
Director: Robert Redford
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06/24/06
Accepting the zen of golf is easy. It's The Legend of Bagger Vance and a callow Will Smith as a mystical golf guru that's hard to swallow.
06/25/04
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12/15/03
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05/22/03
Instead of taking on a life of its own, Redford's film reminds you of ones you've seen before. Legends deserve better.
05/20/03
Uplifting feel-good drama from director Robert Redford - chock-full of flaws and easy to criticize, but nonetheless enjoyable.
10/30/02
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10/15/02
Eastern theology suffers the same fate as Western theology in today's Hollywood, which gave God a minimal role in The Prince of Egypt.
08/16/02
... most decidedly a fantasy, and the rules for fantasy are that the controlling intelligence behind the fantasy gets to change the rules at any time
07/31/02
Robert Redford's beguiling drama reminds us even the most hopeless causes can be turned around through the power of positive thinking and perserverance, if we're willing to embrace the possibility of success instead of the probability of failure.
06/15/02
La cinta es melosa en grado superlativo, sin embargo tiene momentos emotivos que encantarán al auditorio (me incluyo, me incluyo).
06/08/02
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06/05/02
Quando a história chega ao fim, a impressão que fica é a de que Lendas da Vida percorreu um longo caminho e não chegou a lugar algum.
05/30/02
The Legend Of Bagger Vance takes a dry, sluggish and eerily zombie-like hobby and makes it even LESS interesting.
04/30/02
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